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Useless appaholic answer; I love both these apps. They are very capable. Perhaps CPP is easier to play (man and his big buttons), but they both allow for -different- compositional pleasures. Def. keepers and both easy to play other things with.

If I'm understanding the question correctly you only play the pads in CPP. CPP's keyboard is for assigning which notes or chords are triggered by each of the pads. Each pad in CPP can be assigned to a different MIDI out channel.

Thnks! I like that! Is there perhaps a chance that you might be able to in the future add the ability to select mid out per pad? I think that is a super cool feature as one can have differnt synths respond to different pads through different midi channels.

@yowza said:
If I'm understanding the question correctly you only play the pads in CPP. CPP's keyboard is for assigning which notes or chords are triggered by each of the pads. Each pad in CPP can be assigned to a different MIDI out channel.

Awesome thanks!
I saw a video of Doug doing something similar. Sounded pretty cool. I was thinking cause I have an app that you can change Ruth variations by selecting various notes on the keyboard. So i wanted to be able to send that midi signal to that app while sending other chord signals to another app while playing a melody on the built in keyboard. It really would open up so many possibilities.

Tiny feature request. A more standard way of saving pad presets would be appreciated. Currently when you click save a box asking for a file name pops up but you can't see nor choose presets that have already been saved. If you want to save over a previous preset, you have to remember the name of the file and type it in exactly.

Also, if the pictures of the shapes of different kinds of chords could be added back in that would be mucho appreciated

I got deep into Navichord this weekend. The workflow is really starting to click. The plus button is genius. I love the combo of the dot interface, pads, and keyboard. Very inspirational.

Navichord is now catching up with aspects CPP has had for a long time - like multiple banks of 16 pads. Except NC can then play these in sequenced fashion. Very useful.

I have to admit i prefer the GUI aspects of CPP though. I simply don't need or want the NC chord matrix. And its keyboard i don't need to play. If the keyboard was there in NC in order to make custom chords it would be useful but i don't need it to play. I think the screen real-estate of NC could be much better used to focus on the chord pads than it is currently.

But having said all the - Navichord is a cool app. Specially since it supported the AB3 MIDI page.